Overtalking Students
How do you, as an educator, handle students who overtalk, and interrupt during the informative or lecture portion of the class, to continue guiding the lesson, and meet the objectives on time?
This is a good question and can be handled similarly with younger and older students. I tend to raise my hand and wait until the room is quiet. It takes some time but is effective. Then I reiterate expectations that when my hand is raised, the room should finish conversations and quiet. With adults I will make eye contact and ask them if they have any questions I can answer. I rarely have consistent overtalking. Also if its content area students are talking about, its an opportunity to discuss more what the conversation is about.
